Igede language

E335164

Igede language is a Volta–Niger language spoken primarily by the Igede people of central Nigeria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Igede language canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Niger–Congo language ⓘ
Volta–Niger language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToPhylum Niger–Congo ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
ethnicity Igede people ⓘ
family Niger–Congo ⓘ
glottologCode iged1238 ⓘ
glottologName Igede ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Igedde ⓘ
linked to: Igede

Igede-Agba ⓘ
Igede-Ito ⓘ
linked to: Igede
hasDomainOfUse home ⓘ
local religious practices ⓘ
market ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry yes ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature noun class remnants ⓘ
tone marking lexical and grammatical contrasts ⓘ
verbal aspect marking ⓘ
hasMorphologyType agglutinative ⓘ
hasNativeName Igede ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticRole marker of Igede ethnic identity ⓘ
hasTonalSystem yes ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Nigeria ⓘ
ISO639-3 ige ⓘ
isTonalLanguage true ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
macroArea Africa ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Idoma language ⓘ
Igala language ⓘ
Tiv language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region central Nigeria ⓘ
spokenBy Igede people ⓘ
spokenIn Benue State ⓘ
Cross River State ⓘ
status regional language ⓘ
subfamilyOf Volta–Niger branch ⓘ
linked to: Volta–Niger
usedAlongside English language ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiv language → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Igede language ⓘ
Idomoid languages → hasMember → Igede language ⓘ
Igede people → language → Igede language ⓘ
Igede → languageSpoken → Igede language ⓘ